Golf club



me. 23, 1924. M 152mm I E.V J. BLOQM y f GOLF CLUB Filed May 1'7I 1925Patented Dec. 23, 1924.

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Application led Hay 17, 1923. Serial-No. 639,603.

To all 'Lbwm t may concern:

Beit known that I, ,EDGAR J. BLooM,

'a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiiiin, in the county ofASeneca and'St-ate of Qhio, have invented a new and useful Golf Club, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to golf clubs, one

Y of itsl objects being to provide a golf club with a recess or ocket inthe handle prtion thereof where y various articles such as a score card,a pencil and the like can be carried conveniently for use at diderentstages vduring the progress of a game being played.

It is well known that pencils, score cards,

' etc. often become lost or broken if carried which will vnot mar theappearance' of the Figure ljis a. perspective view of a :golf

club nor aiect the balance thereof.

With the foregoingA and other objects in. viewwhlch will appear asthedescription proceeds, the invention residesvin the com.-

.bination andarrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described a'ndclaimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention 4herein disclosed may be made.within the scope lof whatis claimed without departing fromthe spiritvofthe inven `tion.

In the accompanying drawings4v the pre-.-

ferred .form ofthe invention has been shown. v' 1 In vsaid drawingsclubhaving the present improvements combined therewith. Y g

Fig. 2 is anenlarged central-longitudinal section through 'a 'portion ofthe handle of i the clubv showing the'- recess or pocket 'and the partscontainedtherein.

A Fig. 3 is an elevation of ascore' card tha canbeused. j

' Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1- designatesa'golf club of any type shown'in Fig. 2 a central longitudinalbore 2 isformed in-,the handle portion 3, this here being of any desired. lengthand extending into the club'from the end of the handle. Seated in theouter end portion of the bore'is a'tubular lining 4 of any suitablematerial .provided at its outer end Wit-h an annular flange or collar 5adapted to bear against the end of the member. The inner end of thelining is-formed with 1ongitudinal slits 6 whereby said end can beslightly contracted to facilitate insertion of e5 the vlining into thebore so as to allow said lining to fit snugly in position andfrictionally engage the wall of the bore.,

Aclsure inthe form of a t bular plug 7 is insertible into the outer endof the lining I0 4 and has its outer end' closedby'an integral knob orenlargement 8. `The tubular plug is slit longitudinally as at 9 and isinteriorly screw threaded, the threaded portion being I slightly taperedtow-ard the knob or enlargement, as shown.- This tubular plug 7 isadapted to reive\one end of a lead pencil 1 0 o r other suitable devicethat can be screwed into engagement with the threads -in theI plug,causing the plug lto expand4 80 slightly so that it willl frictionallyengage the wall of the lining 4. Obvious lshould the plug Work loose itcould be caused to I' more firmly engage the wall of the lining simplyby forcing the pencil 10 farther into 85 the plug.

. 'Forthe pur se 'of keeping score a score card s uch as s own in Fig.3can be used. This score card. is made up of a series of.\

`strips ofgcelluloid or other suitable mavr terial, one of which, 12, isdivided into t e nine holes played during the rst hal of the spacesbeing-,adapted to receive data indiv eating the number.of'strokes-played between -every two holes. The' several strips arepivot-.al1 connected at one end, as shown at 14, so t at theycan befolded together, as 10o inFig. 1, and into the recess orf0cket2. v t isof course to be undertood thatother articles than those described'can beretained in the recess or liet 2.

It. isto be un erstood that both sides of I the score card 'are to berintedalike so that the record by four peop e for eighteen holes can bekept. One side ofthe score card can.

be of one color and the other side of anotherfue me, The remainingstrips, 13, are similar y divided though not numbered, the' 95 .s acesInumbered 'from 1 to 9, indicating color so as to enablethe user todetermine quickly the side on which the score is being entered.

It will be noted that one of the strips 13 of the score card has-spacesfor receiving data indicating the number of yards between holes.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a golfclub having a boreextending into one end thereof, of' a lining within and frictionallyengaging the wall of the bore, a closure plug fitting snugly within andfrictionally engaging the wall of the lining, means u on the lining andengaging the club for ho ding the lining against longitudinal movementwithin the bore, means upon the plug and cooperating with .the liningfor limiting the inward movement of the closure plug, and a markercarried by said plug and normally housed in the bore.. A

2. The combination with a golf club having a bore extendinginto one endthereof, of a lining within and frictionally engaging the wall of thebore, a closure plug fitting snugly within and frictionally engaging thewall of the lining, means upon one end portion of the lining and bearingagainst the end of the club for limiting movement of the lining into thebore, means upon one end portion of the plug and cooperating with theend of the lining for limiting the inward movement of the closure plug,and a marker carried by said plug and normally housed in 'the bore.

3. The combination with a golf club having a bore extending into .oneend thereof, of a lining within the bore, an expansible plug insertibleinto the lining 'and constituting a closure for the bore, andexpandingmeans carried by the plug.

4. rll`he combination with a golf club having a bore extending into oneend thereof, of a frictionally retained lining in the bore, anexpansible plug insertible into the lining and constituting a closure,and means adjustably mounted in the plug for expandmg it.

5. The combination with a golf club having a bore extending into one endthereof, of a frictionally retained lining in the bore, an expansibleplug insertible into the 1ining and constituting a closure, and meansadjustably mounted in the plug for expanding it, said means constitutinga marker.

6. The combination with a golf club having a b ore extending thereinto,and a score card removably mounted in the bore, of means for retainingthe score card comprising a lining within the bore, an ex ansible plugfrictionally held within the linlng and constituting a closure, andmeans for expanding the plug, said means constituting amarker.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

y EDGAR J. BLOGM. Witnesses:

' FRANK T. Donn,

RALPH SUGRUn.

